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author | marius <marius@FreeBSD.org> | 2009-04-25 20:31:47 +0000 |
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committer | marius <marius@FreeBSD.org> | 2009-04-25 20:31:47 +0000 |
commit | b6c97809ee5303e21095dc1401cb4bd274b7d0d4 (patch) | |
tree | 42cde4602168b41e8ad3e67bdf121f0a57d3c665 /release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.sgml | |
parent | 1d1c15a5ace0d14569d2dcf7fef21e3645a07334 (diff) | |
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Sync the sparc64 hardware notes with reality, mainly regarding support
of sun4u-machines based on USIII and beyond in 7.2-RELEASE.
Reviewed by: blackend
MFC after: 3 days
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diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.sgml index 68ebc33..83b91ea 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.sgml @@ -331,10 +331,13 @@ <para>SMP is supported on all systems with more than 1 processor.</para> - <para>In general, &os;/&arch.sparc64; systems must use serial - consoles. While it is possible to boot or install a system - using the OpenFirmware console, the console device is not - usable.</para> + <para>When using the <filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel, + &os;/&arch.sparc64; systems not equipped with a framebuffer + supported by the &man.creator.4; (&sun; Creator, &sun; Creator3D + and &sun; Elite3D) or &man.machfb.4; (&sun; PGX and &sun; PGX64 + as well as the ATI Mach64 chips found onboard in for example + &sun.blade; 100, &sun.blade; 150, &sun.ultra; 5 and &sun.ultra; 10) + driver must use the serial console.</para> <para>If you have a system that is not listed here, it may not have been tested with &os; &release.current;. We encourage @@ -353,6 +356,10 @@ </listitem> <listitem> + <para>&sun.enterprise; 100</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> <para>&sun.enterprise; 220R</para> </listitem> @@ -409,6 +416,14 @@ </listitem> <listitem> + <para>&sparcengine; Ultra AX1105</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>&sparcengine; Ultra AXe</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> <para>&sparcengine; Ultra AXi</para> </listitem> @@ -447,11 +462,17 @@ <listitem> <para>&sun.ultra; 80</para> </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>&sun.ultra; 450</para> + </listitem> </itemizedlist> <para>The following systems are partially supported by &os;. In - particular the onboard SCSI controller in sbus systems is not - supported.</para> + particular the fibre channel controllers in SBus-based systems are not + supported. However, it's possible to use these with a SCSI controller + supported by the &man.esp.4 driver (&sun; ESP SCSI, &sun; FAS Fast-SCSI + and &sun; FAS366 Fast-Wide SCSI controllers).</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem> @@ -463,15 +484,54 @@ </listitem> </itemizedlist> - <para>The following systems are not supported by &os;. This may - be due to lack of processor support (&ultrasparc; III), due to - a quirk in the system design that makes &os; unstable, or due - to lack of support for sufficient onboard devices to make &os; - generally useful.</para> + <para>Starting with 7.2-RELEASE, &arch.sparc64; systems based on + &ultrasparc; III and beyond are also supported by &os, which includes + the following known working systems:</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem> - <para>All systems containing &ultrasparc; III processor(s).</para> + <para>&sun.blade; 1000</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>&sun.blade; 1500</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>&sun.blade; 2000</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>&sun.fire; 280R</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>&sun.fire; V210</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>&sun.fire; V440 (except for the on-board NICs)</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>&sun.fire; V880</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>&netra; 20/&netra; T4</para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + + <para>The following &ultrasparc; IIIi systems are not tested but + believed to be also supported by &os.</para> + + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para>&sun.fire; V125</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>&sun.fire; V240</para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> </sect2> @@ -1618,9 +1678,6 @@ <para>[&arch.pc98;] Power Management Controller of NEC PC-98 Note (pmc driver)</para> - - <para>[&arch.sparc64;] OpenFirmware console (ofwcons - driver)</para> </sect2> </sect1> </article> |